- State Rep. Poncho Nevárez faces drug charge after he lost cocaine at Austin airport; State Rep. Poncho Nevárez turns himself in to authorities
- DPS Affidavit: Poncho Nevarez Dropped his Cocaine
- Democrat lawmaker caught on video dropping envelope of cocaine turns himself into authorities
- Braddock Questions Disclosure Delay On Nevarez Cocaine Scandal AUDIO
- House speaker saga drags on for Texas GOP, as critics seize on drug charges against a Dennis Bonnen ally
- Bonnen Refuses to Replace Democrat Chairman Charged with Felony
- Texas Lawmakers in Both Parties Praise Colleague Caught with Cocaine
- Analysis: Two Texas House scandals, unrelated but linked
- Defending a GOP House majority with a damaged Speaker and no political director
- Come and Take It: What Will and What Will Not Improve Public Safety in Firearm Violence Prevention
- Miller right: Congress gave Confederate veterans federal benefits
- AG Paxton Recovers $63.5 Million for State of Texas, U.S. Medicaid Program
- Leaving running car unattended is illegal in Texas VIDEO
- Group sues Texas agencies over construction on Alamo Restoration Project
- First phase of downtown Alamo makeover to start by January
- Environmental groups allege TCEQ violated Civil Rights Act – ridiculous
- Amid rare bipartisan outcry, Rodney Reed gets stay of execution
- Rodney Reed’s execution date canceled by Texas court
- Kim Kardashian West on Rodney Reed visit: ‘It was extremely emotional’ – typical shallow media, who in their right mind cares what she thinks?
- Technology can be a blessing for gerrymandering in Texas
- The Texas Digital Divide and a Look at DPS Wait Times
- Abbott Appoints Bennett As Director Of The Regulatory Compliance Division
- Abbott Appoints Eight To Texas School Safety Center Board
- Abbott Names Cigarroa Chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force
- Abbott Appoints Boyd To Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Abbott Reappoints Three To State Independent Living Council
- Abbott Appoints Three To State Board of Criminal Justice
- Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Diabetes Council
- Proposed African American Studies course for Texas high schools moves a step closer to approval
- Texas Mobility Summit Aims to Address Equitable Transportation, Collaborate for Change
- The inauguration of Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick cost millions. But much of it went to fundraising and staff.
- Governor Abbott Sets Date For Special Runoff Elections In Texas
- HD60 candidate Rogers brings campaign to Brownwood
- HD81’s Landgraf files for re-election
- HD82’s Craddick announces bid for re-election
- HD83’s Burrows Receives More Local Endorsements For Re-Election
- House Chairmen Raised 395% of Amount Raised By Colleagues
- Equality Texas taps Ricardo Martinez as new CEO –
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Beto O’Rourke casts long shadow over 2020 Senate race in Texas – really?
- Will Kay Granger get KO’ed?
- It’s going to be a real fight in the South Texas Democratic primary for Congress
- Trump to tour Apple manufacturing plant in Austin
- Late Congressman Texas Leland honored for humanitarian work, activism
- Sen. Ted Cruz Calls for Removal of Policy Protecting “Big Tech” in Trade Deals
- Sen. Cruz Asks Federal Reserve Chairman Powell About the Consequences of a Wealth Tax, Fracking Ban
- Cruz: Why the U.S. Must Stop Issuing Civil-Nuclear Waivers
- Rep. Chip Roy’s Bill Designating Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations Gets Support from Texas Members
- U.S. Rep. Will Hurd rolls out group to build more diverse GOP – he wants a liberal GOP, just look at his voting record.
- Mina Chang, Trump official from Dallas, resigns after report that she embellished her résumé
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- The Not-So-Persuasive Sales Pitch for Impeachment
- Trump suggests he may give written testimony in House probe
- Pelosi uses focus group to push Trump ‘bribery’!
- 4 Texans make mark in impeachment hearing
- Texas voters split over whether Trump should be impeached, new UT-Tyler poll shows
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Frantic Democrats running polls on words
- Elizabeth Warren expands Texas campaign, naming senior staff
- Biden’s Shameful Record on Title IX
- Julián Castro is huge underdog in presidential race, but he should keep running
- Julian Castro Staying in the 2020 Race Even If He’s Not on Debate Stage
- Cut from debate, Castro looks to Iowa, Nevada
- Washed out of Democratic debates, Julián Castro shows no sign of quitting
- Mayor Pete Buttigieg Open to Sending U.S. Troops to Mexico, with Permission
- Black pastor calls Trump more ‘pro-black’ than Obama
- 2020 candidate Bloomberg grovels over NYC’s ‘stop and frisk’ policy
- Obama judge unjustly rules against pro-life journalist David Daleiden
- Panhandling a form of free speech says federal appeals court
- Chick-Fil-A Surrenders to LGBT Mob, Ends Christian Charity Giving
- Austin ISD Trustee: Educators Should Wean Christians from Traditional Bible Interpretation
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- Border / immigration
- Chinese Migrants Apprehended, Smuggler Arrested at Texas Border
- Suspected cartel violence spikes near Texas town
- Illegal alien busted in Brewster Co.
- Nine arrested following high-speed chase in Presidio County
- Border Apprehensions Drop 73 Percent in Five Months
- Border County’s Facilities Overwhelmed with Dead Migrants
- Group says turning back Mexican asylum seekers is illegal, wants CBP to stop practice
- Illegal Immigration Hurts Migrants’ Home Countries, Says JTFW Director VIDEO
- Exclusive Video: Pregnant Migrant Beaten for Crossing Texas Border Without Paying Gulf Cartel Fee, Says JTFW Director VIDEO
- Top Mexican Border State Cops Blocked Probe Into Cartel Kidnap Job
- Gulf Cartel Gunmen Wound Four Mexican State Police Officers near Texas Border
- A DACA Ruling Won’t Solve the DACA Dilemma
- In Texas case, Supreme Court wrestles with the legal boundaries of cross-border shootings
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- Business
- Texas’ Economic Growth More Than Double the Nation’s, Data Shows
- Fuel prices falling again as holidays approach
- Mills: Uncertain supply and demand issues create problems
- U.S. rig count sees another big dip amid shale struggles
- FERC to decide on four Texas LNG export projects
- Big Oil majors looking to sell $27 billion in assets worldwide
- Oil close to 2-month high as trade war positivity hits markets
- Mexican bread maker Bimbo to dabble in electric vehicle business
- Dell has ‘generational opportunity,’ founder says
- Longtime San Antonio company moves HQ to Austin
- WF woman asks ‘what’s the problem?’ after leaving daughter, 6, home alone all day, charged with child endangerment
- WF woman jailed after large bar fight
- Chick-fil-A to stop donating to Christian charities that drew LGBTQ protests
- Perini Ranch Steakhouse sharing its secrets in a new recipe book
- Ski Skeller Sports has served Midland for 50 years
- Japanese get first-hand look at U.S. cotton system
- People’s Bank Announces New Seminole Location
- Too early for holiday decor? San Antonio HOA says snowman’s gotta go – move if you don’t like the rules.
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- 5 arrested, charged in Kohl’s robbery; 2 Lubbock police officers injured
- Fire destroys iconic building at New Braunfels’ Wurstfest
- Student found with weapon at O’Connor High School, Northside ISD confirms
- San Antonio firefighters need 2 full ladder trucks to battle massive restaurant fire VIDEO
- Texoma’s Most Wanted Fugitives of the Week
- Fort Sill soldier in Wichita County Jail, charged with coercion and enticement
- WFPD: Man tased after yelling at and punching mailboxes
- First of three accused in San Antonio drug deal that turned fatal set for trial
- Teen arrested after stealing truck and fleeing officers, New Braunfels police say
- Brownwood mom pleads guilty to killing 2-year-old son, sentenced to 50-years in prison
- Abilene police investigate social media threats to shoot up Cooper High School, Abilene ISD says ‘no credible’ evidence to substantiate online ‘threat’
- Two private jet planes collide on runway at San Antonio airport
- Nine arrested following high-speed chase in Presidio County
- Levelland police investigate suspected murder-suicide
- Shootout between 2 men on rural Falls County road leaves 1 dead
- Authorities Arrest Texas Man With Potential Ties to Neo-Nazi Terrorist Group
- Lubbock Grand Jury Accuses Man of Taking Underage Boy to Alabama for Sex
- $30 marijuana deal gone bad led to shooting and killing of 16-year-old in Lubbock, warrant said
- 1 suspect arrested, 1 at large after pursuit in North Lubbock Co.
- Poaching suspected by TPWD, two mule deer found dead in Lubbock Co.
- Lubbock woman arrested, charged in shooting that injured 6-year-old
- Police: Arrested woman says drive-by shooting that wounded child was retaliation for drug robbery
- Lubbock police investigating string of vehicle burglaries from Friday night
- East Lubbock shooting started with altercation at funeral
- One dead, one injured in possible robbery in Pasadena
- Woman claims self-defense after killing boyfriend in northwest Harris County, police say
- DNA links inmate to months-old Houston homicide of homeless woman, prosecutors say
- Serial CVS robber wanted for repeated Houston-area pharmacy heists
- Valley Mills: Ex-mayor faces 10 new child indecency charges
- Lubbock: Man Injures Sheriff’s Deputies, Arrested After Pursuit
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- Local government
- Bexar Co. sheriff details multi-pronged plan to fix jail woes
- Fired San Antonio police officer accused of domestic violence won’t get his job back — for now
- San Antonio Airport sustainability officer’s passion starts at home – a B.S. job
- Working on a plan to end homelessness in San Antonio, a San Francisco firm arrives next week – typical absurdity of Leftwing officials. Like hiring Stalin or Mao to consult on human rights.
- City of Austin Forgoes Homeless Shelter, Purchases Motel Instead
- Austin ISD Trustee: Educators Should Wean Christians from Traditional Bible Interpretation
- Austin ISD Says HB 3 Boosted Its Funding by $46M, New Students Add $6.6M
- Austin ISD Pease students to walkout as politicians rally against school closures
- Experts relax GBRA’s recreation ban in some parts of Lake Gonzales
- Emotional Kelley calls for firings among Cedar Park police
- How Williamson Co. prosecutors’ 23-year-old notes exposed a father’s wrongful conviction
- City View ISD: Groundbreaking begins for the next phase
- WFISD Board of Trustees plans for two equal high schools
- Wichita Falls city council to consider MPEC hotel agreement
- Wichita County Judge Woody Gossom to be honored as TAC fellow – that’s how it works at TAC!
- Vernon PD: Camera-mounted weapons prove successful
- Brown County Commissioners renew, amend ambulance contract
- City of San Angelo Public Information Office adds another EMMY to its display case
- San Angelo ISD promises ‘swift and immediate’ action after bullying video surfaces
- Abilene ISD apologizes for ‘extremely insensitive’ banner at Cooper HS pep rally some say is ‘racist’ – beyond stupidity. Bi-racial parents of Cooper H.S. students says ‘Trump Em Coogs’ banner not racist – sane parents
- Merkel city council member accused of groping woman resigns over ‘bad publicity’, says it’s in ‘best interest of the City’
- Midland ISD pro-bond debt PAC to request recount
- Sanctuary City hot topic of Tuesday night Big Spring City Council meeting
- Plainview ISD School Board approves loyalty incentive payment for employees
- Corley: Lubbock County Expo Center May Be Built In Phases
- So how are those TEA / Houston ISD public meetings going?
- Beaumont councilman demands council members air their beefs with him in public
- Attorney for Fort Worth whistleblowers says city hiding facts in case
- Floresville mayor may have to go to court to fight election day change
- Hemphill County sheriff resigning due to falsified training reports
- Fort Worth Moves Forward With $1 Million Taxpayer-Funded “Diversity and Inclusion Department”
- FW Mayor Betsy Price Creates Diversity Department, Hires Democrat to Run It
- Granger Keeps Job Despite Agency Hiring Costly Replacement
- Harris County Officials Call for Universal Background Checks in Texas, Cite Lt. Governor Patrick
- Kaufman, Palo Pinto, and Stephens Counties Become “Second Amendment Sanctuaries”
- Amarillo ISDl Board Vice President Resigns
- El Paso District Attorney’s Office files charges against City Rep. Sam Morgan
- Victoria County judge’s board service raises conflict-of-interest questions
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- Colleges & universities
- Tuition to rise across UT System 2.6%
- Washed out of Democratic debates, Julián Castro shows no sign of quitting
- UTSA looking for answers to record low football attendance
- MSU Texas one of best schools for social mobility
- Hardin-Simmons hosts reverends from the Presbyterian Church of East Africa
- Before tragedy Texas A&M’s bonfire tradition withstood test of time
- UTPB nursing dean looks to expand offerings
- Experimental Sciences public art piece reflects Tech’s architecture
- Griffin set to lead TTUHSC president search committee
- TTU: Thrive! Rural America Initiative Addresses Challenges Facing Rural Communities
- TTU Assistant Professor Receives NSF Grant To Research High-Density Integration In Photonic Chips
- Texas Tech University Press Continues To Disseminate New Knowledge
Pratt’s post for 11/18/2019
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